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Jan 14, 2011 - The Starplex Cinemas - Creekside 14 in New Braunfels, Texas is set to open on Friday, January 28, 2011, according to a posting this week on the company's Facebook page.
The new theater features 14...

Jan 12, 2011 - Carmike Cinemas announced plans last week to build a 12-screen movie theater at The Walk in the Tulsa Hills Development in Tulsa, Oklahoma, near Highway 75 and 81st Street.
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Jan 12, 2011 - The Terrace Hippodrome Widescreen movie theater in Charleston, South Carolina has changed owners and will be re-opening as the Hippodrome Widescreen Cinema and Performing Arts Center. This news comes...

Jan 11, 2011 - Regal Entertainment Group announced this week that it was adding big-screen concept RPX (Regal Premium ExperienceSM) installations in theaters in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Washington. All will be...

Jan 11, 2011 - The Paragon Grove 13 in Miami, Florida will be opening a new lounge and screening room on Friday, January 14, 2011, according to a press release issued by Paragon Theaters last week.
The lounge,...

Jan 11, 2011 - Regal Entertainment Group announced today that they will be adding IMAX theaters to three locations in Louisiana, Oregon, and Texas in the first quarter of 2011.
"Regal Entertainment Group and our...

Jan 11, 2011 - Industry news site The Wrap is reporting that the next James Bond movie (tentatively titled Bond 23) is once again alive and scheduled for release on November 9, 2012.
Daniel Craig is slated to...

Jan 11, 2011 - The Regal Cinemas Clifton Park Center 8 in Clifton Park, New York has closed, presumably as part of a renovation project underway at the Clifton Park Center that will increase the theater's screen...

Jan 10, 2011 - The Century Park 16 in Tucson, Arizona closed Sunday, January 9, 2011. According to a brief mention in the News & Notes section of the Arizona Daily Star, the building has been sold to an...

Jan 7, 2011 - The Berkeley Cinema in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey closed some time after its shows on Sunday, January 2, 2011.
New Jersey On-Line has an article that says they were notified by a customer who...

Jan 6, 2011 - Cobb Theatres has acquired the Plaza Cinema Cafe in Orlando, Florida, according to a press release issued by the company on December 22, 2010. The acquisition happened on December 10th, and the...

Dec 31, 2010 - The Plaza 3 Cinema in Keokuk, Iowa reopened on December 10, 2010 under the management of Eisentraut Theatres, based out of Hillsboro, Illinois. The three-screen theater closed in November 2010 after...

Dec 29, 2010 - The Movies Six in Grants Pass, Oregon is closing after business on Sunday, January 2, 2011, accrording to a brief news story on KAJO Radio's web site:
Movies 6 will close after the credits roll on...

Dec 27, 2010 - A Marine on leave from a tour in Afghanistan and his wife were attacked outside the Carmike Royal Palm 20 in Bradenton, Florida on the evening of December 25, 2010. The Bradenton Herald published a...

Dec 23, 2010 - The Los Angeles Times is reporting that theater operators are fighting plans by some movie studios to release movies in homes while they are still playing in theaters:
Theater operators are...

Dec 23, 2010 - The Midway Theater in Bethel, Ohio re-opened on December 10, 2010 after closing in August.
According to the theater's new web site, the owners are Duane and Julia Brandstetter. The web site also...

Dec 23, 2010 - The GTC Pooler Stadium Cinemas 12 in Pooler, Georgia opened to the public on December 10, 2010. Construction on what was originally a 10-screen theater began earlier this year, and the opening was...

Dec 23, 2010 - The Watertown Daily Times is reporting that the Towne Cinema in Watertown, Wisconsin has closed. Steve Lind, who has been operating the theater since 2004, blamed the theater's closure on poor...

Dec 21, 2010 - Carmike Cinemas has opened another big-screen concept auditorium they call "The BigD Experience" at the Carmike Riverstone 15 in Canton, Georgia. This is Carmike's third "BigD" installation,...